Mundane Musings

You could go to Andaman with myriad plans and still feel like you've done nothing at all. The place can deceive you into feeling just that despite your muscles protesting after all those water activities. Activities  centered around the water, is a serious  occupation for the islanders. Be it deep sea fishing or scuba diving or island hopping or snorkelling/ kayaking or sun bathing or lazing around the beautiful beaches' (oh yeah, that sure is one pleasurable 'water' activity). Port Blair Why we went - This trip was sort of a pending honeymoon for S and I. And since we both love nature and love to laze about, Andaman seemed like a good destination. When we went - We planned our trip for February, which was supposedly the end of the tourist season. The climate was bright and sunny, just right for the snorkeling and kayaking plans we made. How we went - We had booked a Kingfisher flight to Port Blair from Chennai. It was a non-stop flight, with a tired loo...

If like me, you have a spouse who loves home cooked food and if like me you enjoy cooking for him then you will understand the reason behind this post. But before that, if you’ve unsuspectingly believed all that I’ve written above, then S would be happy to nudge you in the right direction. Firstly I don’t really enjoy cooking – not in the boring everyday cooking way. I rather like the oh so cool, ‘cooking when it fancies me’ – kind of way. Yeah there it is…out in the open. Sigh. Secondly, I do enjoy cooking for him…but er… if it agrees with what I’d like to eat myself. Read – chocolate oozing brownies, cupcakes, sweets, roast chicken sandwiches, pasta etc etc. Well, I hide behind ‘my love to cook for him’ excuse every time, but he is no soul mate for nothing. He sees through me…every time. Hmph!  Anyway, it sounds kinda nice on the blog I must say, that I enjoy cooking for him. And I make up to him by tweaking a recipe so that the finished product is something that he will ind...